Spout attachment for powder-containing receptacles.



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R POWDER CONTAINING RESEPTACLES. APPLICATION FIILED JAN; 22. 19 17.

SPOUT ATTACHMENT F0 M I v Patentedfiept. 4, 1917.

Imp/5m TOW VIEI'QLIAM U. HEINDL, F EBA $31 ORAIJGE, NE'W JERSEY, AEEIG-N T0 THE W'HITEHIEAID HQAG COIQZAHY, OF NEVMREK, NEW JEIESIEY, A C933,? KTIQN NEW JERSEY.

F PQU'I ATEAGHMENCL F011- IPUVDElR'rCONIIilG EllllTJEIETACLES.

Application filed January 22, 1917. Serial .ti'o. $343312.

Tolall whom it may concern: Be it known that, I, WILLIAM C. HniizoL, a citizen of the United States of America,

v and resident-of E'irst Q'range, in the county sot Essex, in the "State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Spout Attachments for Powder-Containing Receptacles, 0? which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

lhis invention relates to powdencontaim ingreceptacles and has more particular ref- .'erence to a spout attachment therefor.

The object of the invention is to provide, is preferably the cover of the box containing powder, such as, salt or other powdered material, with an attachment which will form normally no obstruction to the exterior of the box oixcover but which may he brought into use readily when it is de sired to transfer the contents oi /the receptacle into some other receptacle, ill) for illustration, salt into a. salt-cellar. i donut wish it understood, however, that the ct 2t tachnient must be secured to the cover of the receptacle. As a matter of fact, it may be secured to the bottom of the receptacle or to the side but it would be more convenient to secure it to the cover, as shown in the so drawings.v J

The invention, therefore, consists in the several new and novel features of construc tion. and operation hereinafter described and specifically set forth in the claims hereunto annexed.

Referring to the drawings which form a part of the specification,

Figure 1' a plan view of a box for hold- Zing powdered material showing the cover do; thereon and. provided. with a spout a tochrnent.

Jig. 2 is cross section of the upper portion of the receptacle through the spout attachment, showingthe spout in dotted lines,

5 ,ruised to'th'e position which ,it wouldbccupy when in use.

Fig. 3 is a part of the cover showing the opening therein -for receiving; the spout attachment. I

to Fig. l is a detached View of the spout at tuchment.

Refering now to the drawiugs, -A=- is a box suitable for holding salt or other material in powdered fol-in and may be of any desired term and is provided with a cover .B and with. an opening -C-, said opening having "two sides parallel and the opposite sides converging shown, at a and o'- vfor the purpose which will hereinafter described. l)- for convenience may be called the spout attachment as a whole and is preferably made of celluloid or other suitable material whicu, oi course, may include paper, aluminum or any material adapted for the purpose in hand. This spout comprises a base --b having a tongue or extending portion as shown, acting as a stop when spout is closed, one end being slightly reduced in size as shown at h'-. Extending from said lase are side walls -0 and cpreferably constructed integral with the base. One edge of the sine walls is curved as shown at d and the rear edge of said walls preferably extends at an angle to the plane of the -f and fare recesses in the side walls located at one end of the base, as shown, and gand gare lugs at the lower edge of the walls and and -it-- are notches in the curved edge of the side walls, all oi which parts are for a purpose which will be presently described.

When it is desired to insert the spout attachment into one of the walls of the receptacle,'as for illustration, the cover, as shown in Fig. 3, the spout is placed in a position from the opening so that the base will stand in. suhstantia-tlly a vertical position. The spout i "her. inserted into the opening until the no ---7tand --h-- engage with one of the walls of the opening C-. The

spout is then moved slightly toward the notched side and the opposite end is dropped sui'iiciently so that the end of the base will rest upon the tongue -o and the recesses f and f" will engage the walls of the opening C at which time the spout moved slightly in that direction and then forms a hinge connection upon ivhidh the 5 out ma move down to the nosil J i tion snown in Fig. 2 when not in use or up to the position shown in the dotted lines in Fig. 2 whe it is desired to use it as a spout for allow lilo " the powdered material to flow out of the box. The outer end of the base b-- has an extending portion bwhich allows it to rest upon the Wall a/' of the opening C- so as to prevent its being forced down into the receptacle.

The lugs g and -gwhen the spout is raised toa position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, engage with the inner faceof the receptacle so as to prevent its being Withdrawn.

' What I claim is 1. An article of manufacture of the character described comprising in combination a receptacle having an opening in the wall thereof, a portion of the wall projecting inwardly to form a ledge, a spout movably mounted in said opening, said spout having a base of a size to cover said opening and ledge and having pendant side walls extending at substantially right angles to said base, a recess in each side wall at the rear of the base for receiving'a wail of said opening, and a notch in the fron edge of each side wall of a width sufiicient to receive a wall of said opening.

2. An article of manufacture of the char acter described comprising in combination a receptacle having an o ening in the wall thereof, a portion of the all projecting in I wardly to form a ledge,- a spout movably mounted in said opening, said spout having -a base of a size to cover said opening and ledge and having pendant side walls extending at substantially right angles to said base, a recess in each side wall at the rear of the base for receiving a wall of said opening, a notch in the front edge f each side wall of width sufficient to receive a wall of said opening, and lugs projecting outwardly from each side wall at the rear of its re spective notch' for limiting the movement of rear of the base lying in a plane spaced from the plane of the lower'surface of the base a 1 distance substantially equal to the thickness of the adjacent wall of the receptacle, said side walls havingan arcuate front edge, a notch in the front edge of each side wall,

and a lug projecting outwardly from each side wall at the rear of its respective notch.

4. An attachable pouring spout comprising a pair of substantially parallel side walls, a base connecting the side walls for a portion of their length, a recess in each side wall at the rear of the base, said side Walls, having an arcuate front edge, and a notch in the arcuate edge of each side wall.

5. An attachable pouring spout comprising a pair of substantially parallel side walls, a base connecting the side walls for a portion of theirlength, a recess in. each side wall at the rear of the base, said side walls having an arcuate front edge, a, notch in the arcuate edge of each side Wall, and a lug on each side wall projecting'outwardly therefrom at the rear of its respective notch. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of January, 1917.

WILLIAM C. HEINDL.

Witnesses JAMES CHARLES KELLY, CHARLES WV. MERCIER. 

